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August 30, 2024 Dispatches

Mexican State Approves Six-Week Abortion Ban

Aguascalientes Governor Should Veto New Limit on Access to Abortion

People protest in favor of access to abortion in Mexico, September 29, 2020.
August 29, 2024 Dispatches

Waiting for Justice for Afghanistan’s Forcibly Disappeared

Taliban Continue Horrific Practice of Previous Governments, Armed Groups

Photos of some of the victims of enforced disappearances in Afghanistan following the communist coup of 1978.
August 29, 2024 Dispatches

Indonesian Police Crack Down on Anti-Corruption Protests

Students, Workers Accuse President Joko Widodo of Nepotism

Students protest proposed amendment to the local election law outside of West Java’s parliament building in Bandung, Indonesia, August 22, 2024.
August 29, 2024 Dispatches

South Korea’s Digital Sex Crime Deepfake Crisis

Government Inaction is Fueling Abuses

A group of women sit holding protest signs that read "My Life Is Not Your Porn"
August 29, 2024 Dispatches

Empower Communities to Adapt as Pacific Faces Surging Seas

Governments Need Rights-Respecting Approaches to Planned Relocation Support

The island community of Serua Village, Fiji, July 15, 2022.
August 28, 2024 Dispatches

Private Door to Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry

Mandatory Lobbying Disclosures and Publicly Searchable Registries Are Basic Minimum

Activists protest the use of pesticides outside the National Congress in Brasilia, Brazil, on October 4, 2023.
August 28, 2024 Dispatches

Stop Politicizing Education for Lebanon’s Refugee Children

Government Should Ensure Schools Enroll Children Regardless of Status

Chairs are placed on classroom tables at a closed public school in Beirut.
August 27, 2024 Dispatches

Taliban’s Relentless Assault on Afghan Women’s Bodies, Autonomy

New Laws Prohibit Public Singing, Speaking, Exposing Faces

A 15-year-old girl, barred from attending secondary school since 2021, reads a notebook in Afghanistan, March 20, 2024.
August 26, 2024 Dispatches

UN Report Details Sri Lanka’s Dire Rights Situation

Human Rights Council Should Renew Monitoring, Evidence Collection

Sri Lankan police disperse anti-government protesters with tear gas and water cannons during a protest demanding the resignation of President Rani Wickremesinghe’s government in Colombo, Sri Lanka, September 24, 2022.
August 26, 2024 Dispatches

Philippine Censors Ban Film on Enforced Disappearances

Marcos Administration Should Overturn X Rating on Documentary

Edita Burgos (R) holds a portrait of her missing son, Jonas Burgos, while posing with her younger son JL Burgos, who directed the film “Alipato at Muog," a documentary about Jonas’ forced disappearance, Cinemalaya Film Festival, Pasay, Philippines, August 1, 2024.
August 23, 2024 Dispatches

A Rights-Based Global Response to Mpox Emergency in Africa

Global Solidarity Needed to Ensure Equitable Access to Treatments, Prevent Further Spread

A health worker attends to an mpox patient at a treatment center in Munigi, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, August 19, 2024.
August 22, 2024 Dispatches

Australian Children Facing ‘Egregious’ Violations in Justice System

Children’s Commissioner Report Calls for Nationally Coordinated Reform

A view of the Lotus Glen Correctional Centre. Located in northern Queensland, Lotus Glen Correctional Centre is a male prison with a capacity to detain roughly 730 prisoners, over half of whom are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners
August 20, 2024 Dispatches

Japan Should Resist Cambodia’s Transnational Repression

Phnom Penh’s Crackdown on Critics Abroad Threatens Freedom of Expression

Two men shaking hands
August 16, 2024 Dispatches

Houthis Raid UN Human Rights Office in Yemen

Crackdown on United Nations, Civil Society Groups amid Humanitarian Crises

Soldiers in uniform ride in a military vehicle down a city street
August 16, 2024 Dispatches

Eswatini Supreme Court Rubber Stamps Repression

Uphold Rights to Freedom of Association, Expression, and Assembly

Activists light candles while holding posters at a tribute to the assassinated human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko, Eswatini, formerly Swaziland

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